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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was Riva's brother Motele doing in Chapter 14?
(a) Working in a factory.
(b) Being a lookout for men tearing down a building.
(c) Building tools for the Jewish underground movement.
(d) Studying.

2. What did Riva do when they entered the "one room walk in"?
(a) She screamed.
(b) She cried.
(c) She laughed.
(d) She fainted.

3. What tool did one of the men carry, according to Chapter 23?
(a) A sewing machine.
(b) A wood stove.
(c) A steel press.
(d) A hammer.

4. What did Riva say did not get in or out of the ghetto in Chapter 21?
(a) Food.
(b) Information.
(c) Gold.
(d) Wood.

5. What served as a toilet during the train ride, in Chapter 24?
(a) A single toilet.
(b) Holes in the floor.
(c) Buckets.
(d) Nothing.

6. Why were the workers of Riva's shop enemies of Russia, according to the Ghetto commander?
(a) They were Jewish.
(b) They were making ammunition.
(c) They sewed German uniforms.
(d) They were making weapons.

7. Who comforted Riva in Chapter 19?
(a) Mrs Avner.
(b) Saba.
(c) Meible.
(d) Motele.

8. What did most of the families of the ghetto decide to do, according to Motele, in Chapter 22?
(a) Try to revolt.
(b) Try to escape.
(c) Commit suicide.
(d) Volunteer for resettlement.

9. What did Riva and others in her building receive, in Chapter 17?
(a) Two arm-loads of wood.
(b) Orders to move.
(c) Food coupons.
(d) Orders to clean their apartment.

10. How old was Faygele in Chapter 16?
(a) 19 years old.
(b) 18 years old.
(c) 14 years old.
(d) 15 years old.

11. Who called Riva out of her hiding place after the Germans failed to find her and her brothers?
(a) Yulek.
(b) A neighbor.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her brother.

12. What was the name of the boy that came to Riva's house in chapter 16?
(a) Yulek Hamsht.
(b) Henry Yuberg.
(c) Yulek Schwartz.
(d) Moshe Krako.

13. What was Riva reading with the man she said might have been more than a friend?
(a) The Torah.
(b) A love novel.
(c) A short story.
(d) Poetry.

14. Who was the commander of the ghetto in which Riva's family was living?
(a) Henrish Ruber.
(b) Hans Biebow.
(c) Karl Eimster.
(d) Henry Bolk.

15. Who did Riva start writing letters to in Chapter 16?
(a) God.
(b) Members of her family.
(c) Herself.
(d) Dead rabbis.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Yulek ask Riva to help him with?

2. Who did Riva say she grew closer to, in Chapter 19?

3. Who did Yulek want to bring with him?

4. What holiday started in Chapter 15?

5. Where did Riva start working, in Chapter 18?

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